Cindy was a fierce competitor, beating the reigning victor on her first episode, and advancing for five more so far. As of Monday, when she won again, Cindy’s total prize money was $80,002. She did it all on painkillers, with stage IV cancer, fighting a blood infection and with a high fever. Only the show’s host, Alex Trebek, and a handful of other producers knew about her illness.
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Before she passed, Cindy donated all of her winnings to the Cancer Research Institute.
“She knew she wasn’t going to be around, and so she felt like the best thing she could do was try to help do what she could to help get us to a cure faster,” said Cindy’s boyfriend.
In a statement, her loved ones added: “Cindy came on ‘Jeopardy!’ to play the game she loved, and in doing so, she was able to make a contribution to cancer research in the hopes that no one else would have to go through what she did.”